{"id":128828,"date":"2025-03-06T14:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T11:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128828\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-female-population-down-by-48000-since-2019","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128828\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus&#8217; female population down by 48,000 since 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 6, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Belarusian female population fell from 4,977,036 recorded at the 2019 census to 4,929,249 by early 2024, according to <em>Pozirk<\/em>&#8216;s analysis of the National Statistics Committee&#8217;s (Bielstat) data released ahead of International Women\u2019s Day, March 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of women, who make up 53.8 percent of the population in Belarus, fell by 21,046 last year alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost 85 percent of women identify as Belarusians. Some 80 percent are urban dwellers with an average age of 43.9 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early 2024, Belarus&#8217; women outnumbered men by 1,166 to 1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/volga-maerova_viasna-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/volga-maerova_viasna-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/volga-maerova_viasna-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/volga-maerova_viasna-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/volga-maerova_viasna-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/volga-maerova_viasna.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Opposition social representative sounds alarm over female prisoners\u2019 health<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 17, Pozirk. Volha Zazulinskaja, the opposition\u2019s social representative, has expressed strong concern about accounts from witnesses about Belarusian female prisoners\u2019 failing health. By isolating, torturing and depriving them of medical care, authorities put their lives at risk, she said &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/126763\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 6, Pozirk. Belarusian female population fell from 4,977,036 recorded at the 2019 census to 4,929,249 by early 2024, according to Pozirk&#8216;s analysis of the National Statistics Committee&#8217;s (Bielstat) data released ahead of International Women\u2019s Day, March 8. 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